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A 53-year-old Montgomery County man was killed on the Capital Beltway on Tuesday night, Maryland State Police reported. The man was struck about 9:40 p.m. by a car driven by a 63-year-old North Potomac man on northbound spur to I-270 in Bethesda, a police statement said. Witnesses saw a Mitsubishi passenger car travel off the […]

A 35-year-old Gaithersburg man faces charges in connection with shooting a firearm that damaged a church on two occasions, Montgomery County police said in a statement. Peter Kevin Banfield, 35, of the 1100 block of Southern Night Lane in Gaithersburg, was charged with reckless endangerment and destruction of property. The church is the New Life […]

Update, 7:30 a.m.: Two pickup trucks collided at Georgia and Hewitt avenues, killing one driver, a Montgomery County statement said. The crash occurred about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. A man driving a 2007 Nissan Frontier was traveling northbound on Georgia Avenue when, for reasons still under investigation, he struck a 2017 Toyota Tacoma, which […]

The Montgomery County Council urged the White House and Congress to work together to legislate “a pathway to permanent residency” for individuals who are in the country under temporary protected status (TPS) or children in the country under deferred action of childhood arrivals (DACA). The council action came in a resolution that passed unanimously. Councilmember […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett said Monday he would have a “savings plan” to send the County Council in about two weeks, an effort to overcome a shortfall in income tax revenue. “The thing to do is to stop the potential deficit from getting worse,” Leggett said in an interview with MyMCMedia. Total tax collections […]

A new podcast, “Library Matters,” uses digital communication to deliver information about Montgomery County Public Libraries. Produced by MCPL, the podcast has new episodes every two weeks that explore the world of books, libraries, technology, and learning. Here’s the podcast’s homepage, which includes podcast transcripts. Recent topics have included Game of Thrones, strategies to encourage […]

Here are five things to know for Monday, Dec. 4, in Montgomery County: 1. Government Stuff: Council President Roger Berliner, who gives up the “President” mantle on Tuesday, holds his last meeting with the media at 11:30 a.m. The council’s planning commission discusses regulations on vacant buildings at 2 p.m. Also at 2 p.m, the […]

Catherine Hoggle, who faces two murder charges after the disappearance of her two young children, was deemed not competent to stand trial, a spokesman for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office said. Circuit Court Judge Michael Mason made the determination in a status hearing. Hoggle, 31, will be evaluated yearly; her next competency hearing will […]

Our Top 10 stories spanned the gamut last week. School news, a bad wreck, restaurant news, a new grocery store and some public safety headlines thrown in for good measure. Plus there’s a news-you-can-use item on smoke detectors.

Susan Turnbull, whom Ben Jealous announced Wednesday as his running mate, said that part of the solution to gang violence and Baltimore crime rests in providing more education. “I think part of it is moving from incarceration to education, giving people educational opportunity,” said Turnbull, in an interview with MyMCMedia. “If you have no place […]